That all changes, however, when a bonafide serial killer begins a string of violent murders in John’s town.Īs the bodies pile up, John is alternately fascinated and increasingly convinced that he is the only one that can discover and stop the killer. And all of John’s rules have kept him relatively safe and normal.
If someone bullies him at school, or if he grows angry with any single person, he forces himself to think of something nice and pay them a compliment. Following people around, learning their habits, or obsessing about any single person is strictly off limits – if John finds himself paying attention to anyone for too long a period of time, he will make sure not to think about them or cross their path for a week. So, to keep his darker urges in check, John creates rules for himself – for example, he won’t fixate on any single person. Even though he doesn’t process emotions the same way that normal people do, John acutely understands that killing is wrong, and that he must not cross certain lines. And the thing is, John knows he’s at a high risk of becoming something…monstrous. For another, he’s a clinically diagnosed sociopath, sharing many of the same red-flag traits – pyromania, enuresis (bed-wetting), and cruelty to animals – with the killers by whom he is so fascinated. For one thing, he’s got an unnatural fascination with death and serial killers. John Wayne Cleaver may seem like a typical teenage boy, but he’s anything but normal.
#I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER PLUS#
This, plus the cool cover, AND a blurb from Brandon Sanderson basically sealed the deal for me (after some initial hesitation).
Why did I read this book: It’s no secret that we book smugglers are fans of Dexter – so when I Am Not A Serial Killer graced my doorstep, I was intrigued. How did I get this book: Review Copy from the publisher Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a planned trilogy Now, for the first time, John has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can’t control, a menace to everything and everyone he would love, if only he could.ĭan Wells’s debut novel is the first volume of a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams. Perhaps that’s what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there’s something different about the body the police have just found behind the Wash-n-Dry Laundromat-and to appreciate what that difference means. They don’t demand or expect the empathy he’s unable to offer. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he’s written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation.ĭead bodies are normal to John. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. He’s spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. Publication Date: March 2010 (US) / March 2009 (UK) Genre: Thriller/Horror, Speculative Fiction
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